John William McCulley

John William McCulley, Sr. MEDIAPOLIS, Iowa--John William McCulley, Sr., 88, of Mediapolis and formerly of Oakville, died on Sunday, November 10, 2013, at the Klein Unit of Great River Medical Center in Burlington. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at the United Methodist Church in Oakville. Rev. Sue-Ellen Sherman and Rev. Harlan Winter will be officiating. Burial will take place in Edwards Cemetery in Oakville. A lunch fellowship will follow the burial at the Oakville Community Building. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12, at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello where the family will meet friends from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for the Edwards Cemetery Road Fund. John was born on May 11, 1925, in Grandview, and was the oldest of seven boys and the son of Glen R. and Ruth Cockerill McCulley. He walked two miles to attend Mount Hope and Indian Creek Country Schools. John was drafted into the US Navy in 1946. After his time in the service he graduated from American Institute of Commerce in Davenport, Iowa. He married Betty L. Ball on April 16, 1949, in Wape...[more]

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. Together they founded Oakville Feed and Produce in 1951, which is now TriOak Foods. John served as a Director of Farmer and Merchants Bank and Trust for nearly 50 years and held the position of president of the Iowa Feed and Grain Association. He served on the Oakville School Board and on the Oakville City Council. He was a member of the American Legion Post 489 in Oakville for 64 years and was a member of the Wapello Lodge #5 A.F. & A.M. He was a long time member of the Oakville United Methodist Church and served on the church board. John and his wife were world travelers and had visited 48 countries during his lifetime. His family includes his wife, Betty McCulley; three sons, Bob McCulley and wife, Denise, and Mark McCulley and wife, Denise, all of Oakville, and John, McCulley Jr. and wife, Joan, of Mediapolis; a daughter, Polly Bove and husband, Joseph, of Palo Alto, California; seven grandchildren, JR, Nicholas, Kortney, and Tanner McCulley, Erin Ziegler, Tricia Earnest, and David Hart; six great-grandchildren; and six brothers, Dean McCulley and wife, Letha, of Columbus Junction, George McCulley of Muscatine, Glen J. McCulley and wife, Vivian, of Columbus Junction, Elvin McCulley and wife, Beverly, of Tempe, Arizona, Dave McCulley and wife, Beverly, of Wapello, and Welton 'Bill' McCulley and wife, Marilyn, of Muscatine. He was preceded in death by his parents and step-mother, Ruth.